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Vidmeter

Vidmeter was a viral video analytics service that launched in 2007. The site tracked the top 100 Internet videos across multiple Internet video websites such as YouTube and Vimeo. During the lawsuit Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc., Vidmeter published a study showing Viacom videos accounted for a relatively small portion of YouTube's view count. In 2008, Vidmeter was acquired by Visible Measures for an undisclosed sum.

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Vidmeter
Company type
Web software company
IndustryInternet
Founded2007
FounderBri Holt
Headquarters
San Diego, California

Vidmeter was a viral video analytics service that launched in 2007. The site tracked the top 100 Internet videos across multiple Internet video websites such as YouTube and Vimeo.12345 During the lawsuit Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc., Vidmeter published a study showing Viacom videos accounted for a relatively small portion of YouTube's view count.67 In 2008, Vidmeter was acquired by Visible Measures for an undisclosed sum.8

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  3. Carl, Bialik (January 5, 2007). "Counting Internet Users Remains a Guessing Game (Paywalled)". The Wall Street Journal.
  4. Cashmore, Pete (February 18, 2007). "Vidmeter Tracker: Track Videos on MySpace, YouTube, Metacafe". Mashable.
  5. Mitchell, Dan (April 7, 2007). "YouTube's Favorite Clips (Paywalled)". The New York Times.
  6. Strange, Adario (April 4, 2007). "The Truthiness Of Viacom's Lawsuit". WIRED.
  7. Biggs, John (April 4, 2007). "Viacom Videos Bored YouTube Viewers". TechCrunch.
  8. Weisenthal, Joseph (January 28, 2008). "Visible Measures Gets $13.5 Million Second Round; Acquires Vidmeter For Video Tracking". PaidContent.org. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2023.